Star Wars Outlaws The Droidsmith Quest Walkthrough

This guide will show you how to complete the quest, The Droidsmith, in Star Wars Outlaws. Kay is in search of a Droidsmith to join her crew that can help with Jaylen’s heist on the Zerek Besh stronghold on Canto Bight.

How to get The Droidsmith Quest

After your quest to find the Nav Computer on Toshara, Jaylen and his partner, ND-5, request Kay’s aid in getting together a crew to pull off a heist on the Zerek Besh vault.

While ND-5 suggests going to Kijimi to get the Safecracker first, you can also go to Tatooine for the Heavy or Akiva for the Droidsmith. In this guide, you’ll learn how to get started on the jungle planet of Akiva.

As always, during the walkthrough, I will point out all valuable items like treasure chests you can grab while doing this quest.

Locating Gedeek the Droidsmith

When you land on Akiva, you’ll need to get a lead on Gedeek’s whereabouts. Your first objective is to find Surat Nuat in the Alcazar cantina. This cantina is south of the landing pads in Myrra City.

Talk to the barkeeper inside the cantina, then head towards the back room through the kitchen. When you enter the backroom, a cutscene with Surat Nuat will start.

After making a deal, you’ll learn Gedeek is in Imperial Research Station 57. It’s quite a distance away from Myrra City, so purchase any goods now and hop on your speeder.

Sneaking into Research Station 57: Exterior

When you reach the Research Station, you can enter from the east or west side. The west side is guarded by probe droids, while the east isn’t well guarded at all and involves platforming.

We have a dedicated full walkthrough to all treasures and items at Research Station 57 to show you how to infiltrate it and collect all treasures and other items if you are not on this quest.

If you prefer to focus on the story, you can do that and leave the 100% exploration for later. This guide will give you a more brief information on all items, which means you can still collect everything while doing the quest.

I highly recommend going in from the east route for several reasons:

• It’s safer and easier in the east route
• You’re much closer to the base’s control room
• You’re closer to your objective
• You have easy access to the loot in the area from the east

You’ll need to find a ledge close to the east walkway where you can swing in from a branch.

Look for a crate on a walkway below you and jump down. Climb down the ladder and seek some cover immediately.

There are 3 Imperials in this area, a technician and a patrolling pair consisting of a heavy commander and an officer.

Knock out the three Imperials and this particular area outside should be safe. If you head west past the security camera, you can find the first locked chest of the base. It’ll contain some upgrade materials.

There are two areas you can slice on the east side of the base. One is a computer terminal where the technician was at. Slicing this will open a nearby security door.

The important thing to slice is a Data Port west of the security camera. Slicing this will allow you to override the turrets, turn off the camera guarding the door inside, and open said door.

If you sneak around the perimeter and reach the west side of the base, you’ll be able to find a chest at ground level. There is an AT-ST patrolling this small area that you need to be aware of.

When the AT-ST walks north, don’t pick open the chest just yet. It’ll quickly turn around and it might see you. Instead, pick the chest open when the AT-ST begins to walk east.

Sneak back up to the perimeter wall after looting the chest. Across the exterior area, you’ll see a lone building being guarded by a security camera, a heavy trooper, and the patrolling AT-ST.

This is Research Station 57’s Vault room. You’ll need to access the vault codes before attempting to sneak in. Fortunately, you can do that rather quickly and rather easily if you have enough skill.

Research Station 57’s Control Room

Go back to the area where you came in and go inside the base through the door near the now-deactivated security camera. You’ll see a fork in the road guarded by a security camera.

The path forward leads you to Gedeek while the path to the left takes you to the control room. I strongly suggest you take the left path first as securing the control room will make the remainder of the quest much easier.

To the left, you’ll find a pair of stormtroopers guarding the entrance to the control room. Sneak past the camera and quietly take down the stormtroopers.

When you go up the stairs, you’ll see an alarm panel. Send Nix to sabotage it so you can prevent anyone from alerting the base.

The control room has a security camera inside. Stay out of the camera’s field of vision at all costs. It’s going to be hard to sneak through this room due to the lack of immediate cover.

If you find yourself in a hairy situation, you can punch or blast your way out. Just be sure to take out the officer first and stay out of the camera’s view.

Clearing out the room through combat is easier if you have already acquired the smoke bomb, or increased the number of targets available for adrenaline rush through the Gunslinger expert.

Once you clear out the room, go to the computer near the windows and slice it to disable the turrets, disable all cameras in the base, and download the vault access codes.

There’s a computer on the side of the central terminal you can slice into to transfer some credits to yourself.

Research Station 57’s Vault Room

Before going in even deeper into the research station, go back outside and towards the first chest you found. You’ll find a yellow grate behind the vault room you can climb down.

Go around the building clockwise and lure the heavy trooper away from the vault door. Knock them out and go inside the vault room.

Inside the vault room, you’ll find a collectible with info on Ank Parako, a large chest containing a Blaster Recirculator and the Onyx weapon coating, and a data port you can slice into for credits.

This is the last of the chests located outside of the main base. Go back to the door that leads inside with the forked path and go forwards through the north door.

Sneaking into Research Station 57: Interior

You’ll end up in a small room with a technician and a computer you can slice to the left. Beyond this room is a purple-lit room with more Imperials.

Knock out the technician and ignore the computer if you already sliced into the control room’s computer. All this computer would do is shut down a camera that would be active in the next room.

Go into the next room and knock out all the Imperials, a rather easy task since they’re all stationary and looking away from you.

Go through the door to the north to enter a small office room with a turbolift. Summon the turbolift and go inside to access the next area.

Go down the hall and make a right to find two security cameras and a large chest. This area would be tricky to get through if you haven’t already disabled all the cameras in the control room (like you should have).

Go through the vent on the east wall past the security cameras and use it to access a maintenance shaft. Rappel down with the grapple point and swing over to a yellow grate with another grapple point.

Climb across the wall and look for a vent. Climb through the vent and you’ll start a cutscene when you enter the next room.

You’ll find yourself being attacked by a stationary probe droid in what appears to be a testing room. The base’s alarm will sound once combat starts but there’s no need to panic.

Look for cover near the ray shield and send Nix to deactivate the ray shield through the control panel on the other side. As soon as the shield is down, run through and take the lift up.

Look for the panel that’ll activate the cargo rail. This will summon a crate you can grab onto. Grab onto the crate, positioning it between you and the probe droid, and use Nix to activate the button again.

Once you ride the crate to the control room, use the computer near the observation window to shut down the probe droid.

There’s a holotable in this area you can activate to view a holorecording of Gedeek. It’s nothing vital, but it provides some context as to what’s being tested here.

Go back down into the testing room and go to the southeast corner where you’ll find a turbolift. This will take you to a workshop with lots of parts to loot.

Look for a small door on the north side of the room. Go through the door and you’ll start a cutscene where Kay reunites with Gedeek.

Escaping Research Station 57

Gedeek is in on the heist job and will help you escape the Imperial Research Station. Take the west door out and go right to find the final chest of the base. It’ll contain some upgrade materials.

Go down the hall to the south and fight the Imperials. Defeat them, go through a small door to the southwest, and go up a ladder.

You’ll find yourself in a water-processing room with even more Imperials. Take down the officer and fight or sneak your way out of here.

Keep fighting your way out of the base until you end up outside. Take down the heavy troopers and swing out the base using the same branch you used to swing inside. Congratulations, you have escaped the base and are now safe!

You can take a short break from main story quests and do the newly available side quest Money Drop on Akiva. Our walkthrough details the choices you have to make the possible gains and losses for you. Keep up to date with VULKK’s coverage of Star Wars Outlaws! Check in often to see any new articles or guides our team publishes.